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Indiana Approves New K-12 Standards to Replace Common Core

April 29, 2014

The State Board of Education followed Gov. Mike Pence's lead and gave final approval to new K-12 education standards Monday despite continued objections from some conservatives that the guidelines are a shoddy, rebranded version of Common Core.

The board's decision brings to a close more than a year of political feuding in Indiana over replacing the national Common Core standards. Some conservatives have consistently opposed them as an intrusion into state affairs that spawned less rigorous guidelines.

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While Indiana was one of the early adopters of Common Core in 2010, a conservative backlash prompted the state to become the first, and so far the only state, to stop following the national math and English standards.